Literacy Capital (LON:BOOK) Issues Earnings Results

Key Points

• Literacy Capital reported an earnings per share (EPS) of GBX 26.69 for the quarter, with a return on equity of 2.42% and a net margin of 63.70%.
• The company's stock opened at GBX 394.93 and has a market capitalization of £229.91 million, with a P/E ratio of 31.82.
• Established in 2017, Literacy Capital is focused on investing in UK businesses while donating 0.5% of its net assets annually to literacy charities.

Literacy Capital (LON:BOOK - Get Free Report) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The company reported GBX 26.69 earnings per share for the quarter, Digital Look Earnings reports. Literacy Capital had a return on equity of 2.42% and a net margin of 63.70%.

Literacy Capital Price Performance

Shares of LON BOOK traded down GBX 0.23 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting GBX 387.77. 37,899 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 28,963. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.14, a current ratio of 0.05 and a quick ratio of 1.73. Literacy Capital has a twelve month low of GBX 370 and a twelve month high of GBX 525. The company has a market cap of £233.34 million, a PE ratio of -5,500.28 and a beta of -0.25. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 422.84 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 414.

Literacy Capital Company Profile

Literacy Capital plc is a closed-end investment company established in 2017 that is focused on investing in and supporting UK businesses and helping their management teams achieve success. It also has an unusual charitable feature with donations made each year to literacy charities in the UK equating to 0.5% of net assets p.a.